How not to impress ladies (or why I hate bolt on front wheels)

no...no its not.im really ashamed.to think that i have an essay to write for tomorrow :(
i give up.

Get off the forum and finish your essay then ya muppet.. you'll need all the time you have for spell checking and shit ;)

good point...bye bye.

do the essay, then come down the pub

Many years ago I once rode my shit mountain bike the whole length of Oxford Street (a mile or so) with the quick release completely undone as I had forgot to check it - towards the end of oxford street I spotted something in a window of a clothes shop I thought I would hop up onto the pavement and take a look at. This was around 4-5 in the morning (working nights on the way home) so no one was around to see my front wheel fall out of the fork dropouts - get caught by the front brake - and me and the bike get tossed forward onto the pavement.

I was ok, juts cuts and scratches, but the fork and the wheel were totally fucked, I walked home.

Ha ha ha ....................

I know its not really funny but I had this vision of a very frightened and perplexed face and My own thoughts were ........... jeez I hpe he didn't do the crushed nuts thing ................ouch ha ha ouch

do the essay, then come down the pub

if it were possible for me to actually 'finish' this essay i would have to work nonstop from now until 4pm tomorrow...
depending how i feel at the time of drinks i will decide...Mr O'Sullivan is also going to effect my decision.

just look at the weather.

you want to sit inside watching fuckin snooker!

no...i HAVE to sit inside and write my essay (although i could take my laptop into my glorious garden) it just so happens to be the final on the tellybox...i'll be half watching it and half doing nothing.

well, don't let me stop you.
get on with it lad!

i think it maybe soup time...or maybe time for a cuppa...i do fancy a smoke...umm

i've done the "forget to tighten the front wheel QR and lose the wheel over a bump" thing. went straight over the handlebars at 25km/h and cracked my helmet into 3 pieces. Ten minutes earlier i'd ridden down a massive hill and hit a maximum speed of 88km/h... lucky it didn't drop out then!

spent a couple of hours in hospital, and haven't made the same mistake since.

At least with QR levers you can SEE if they are loose, whereas it's pretty hard to tell with bolt on axles.

+1 !

This is the very reason I would never run a bolt on skewer up front - with a QR you can visually check before jumping on the bike.

with a QR you can visually check before jumping on the bike.

then tighten it up until it explodes your hub :^]

Not being funny but you forgot to tighten the wheelnuts??! Errr, I think even David Blunkett would've checked that....Or have I completely missed something?

maybe they were referring to mindless vandalism...you can never be too careful.

sorry .. can i just ask ..what is a 'bolt on free wheel' ? does emoxfag mean axle is a bolt-on?

maybe they were referring to mindless vandalism...you can never be too careful.

aidan 'accidents happen' - east london polo debt collection services

The Krays weren't all that......never ventured to Canning Town

nah - they're bricking it cos aidans just knocked on their front door with his mallet

na...i was after my fine china.

with a QR you can visually check before jumping on the bike.

then tighten it up until it explodes your hub :^]

:(

Yes, there was that little incident, but I is learnin' boss, I is learnin'.

who the fuck said bolt on free wheel anywhere?

Let's face it - it's pretty hard to tell what the hell you're talking about in general...

=d

Let's face it - it's pretty hard to tell what the hell you're talking about in general...

Haha! Exactly

From what I gather, he didn't tighten the front wheel, it fell off and he wants help for it??